Challenger Defeat Iron

Famous quotes containing the words defeat and/or iron:

    “A self-denial, no less austere than the saint’s, is demanded of the scholar. He must worship truth, and forgo all things for that, and choose defeat and pain, so that his treasure in thought is thereby augmented.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)